Kenyans on social media pounced excitedly on a photo of Kenyan girl who was returning to school carrying an improvised bag made out of dried banana leaves apparently in compliance with the plastic bags ban in Kenya

Hilda Gaceri Bundi, was captured with this unique shopping bag as she prepared to return to school at Materi Girls High School in Meru prompting Kenyans to call on National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to make her a plastic bags ban ambassador.

The plastic ban which is currently in effect has affected ordinary Kenyans as well as affecting the country’s kadogo economy.

In Keria village, Nkubu where she comes from, the residents are used to improvising bags to carry farm produce and she decided to take it a step further by carrying her shopping on the environment friendly bag.

She told journalists who had sought her out that she spent her entire morning on Tuesday making one before reporting to school. She said she did not have a bag and purchasing one would have costed her Sh200.